Starting Island Service Business

codeman671 · 04-06-2016, 10:24 AM

I think that island housekeeping would get some attention. There are a few that do it now, one that I know of is expensive and the other did a crap job for me. I ended up coming up myself and boated a cleaner from the mainland out when I needed it between rentals. She was great, but it took a lot of my time to do it.

There are a fair amount of island rentals out there, offering a service to manage the check in/out and clean/restock may be a good option. A lot of people are going to VRBO these days instead of the rental agencies so it could be a beneficial service to offer.

There is always a need for someone to do the small stuff. Some of the bigger companies don't have time or cant be bothered. It gets expensive though when you have to charge for transit time to and from home port.

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04-06-2016, 10:24 AM	#22
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,494 Thanks: 221 Thanked 811 Times in 487 Posts	I think that island housekeeping would get some attention. There are a few that do it now, one that I know of is expensive and the other did a crap job for me. I ended up coming up myself and boated a cleaner from the mainland out when I needed it between rentals. She was great, but it took a lot of my time to do it. There are a fair amount of island rentals out there, offering a service to manage the check in/out and clean/restock may be a good option. A lot of people are going to VRBO these days instead of the rental agencies so it could be a beneficial service to offer. There is always a need for someone to do the small stuff. Some of the bigger companies don't have time or cant be bothered. It gets expensive though when you have to charge for transit time to and from home port.